Police questioning suspect in morning robbery spree

Police believe they have caught the man responsible for a string of armed robberies this morning on the Eastside.

At 7:35 a.m., officers were questioning a man they believe held up four people at gunpoint at four different locations, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department dispatcher.

The first incident happened at 5:25 a.m. in the 5900 block of Greenfield Avenue, police said, followed by incidents over the next hour in the 5100 block of Atherton South Drive, 3600 block of Fletcher Avenue and the 3600 block of Terrace Avenue. The most recent robbery occurred at 6:31 a.m., police said.

In each case, the armed suspect confronted people he caught outside their homes tending to such matters as shoveling snow or just walking to their vehicles, the dispatcher said. He then showed a gun and robbed the people of whatever he could get from them, the dispatcher said.

Police detained the suspect near Minnesota and Sloan streets, the dispatcher said, where they continued to question him at 7:45 a.m.